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Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart. By Chinua Achebe. About the Author. Born November 15, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria Family belonged to the Igbo tribe He was the fifth of six children His parents were convinced by the British controlling Nigeria to give up their tribal religion and become Christians

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Things Fall Apart

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  1. Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe

  2. About the Author • Born November 15, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria • Family belonged to the Igbo tribe • He was the fifth of six children • His parents were convinced by the British controlling Nigeria to give up their tribal religion and become Christians • He grew up a Christian, too, but was curious about the more traditional Nigerian faiths

  3. About the Author • He wrote five novels, of which Things Fall Apart is the most famous • He became involved in politics and actively crusaded for help for those in his country suffering • He was involved in a car accident in 1990 and is now paralyzed from the waist down

  4. About the Author • He was unhappy with books written about Africa by the British (like Heart of Darkness and Mister Johnson) because they were inaccurate and insulting • He wrote Things Fall Apart to combat this image. It is about a traditional warrior hero, Okonkwo, who is unable to adapt to the changing conditions under British rule.

  5. About the Book • Published in 1959, written in English • The title comes from a poem by W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming” • The language is simple, but dignified • The book questions both the tribal traditions of the Igbo and the influence of the white man in Nigeria

  6. “The white man has put a knife in the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”

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